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How to Sell a Screenplay
Selling a screenplay is the ultimate goal for every screenwriter. The general process itself seems simple enough to most at first glance. You write a screenplay. You get that screenplay into the hands of decision-makers in Hollywood. They buy your sc...
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Write On: Peter Katz - Manager & Producer, Story Driven
“Sameness is terrible. Your goal is to cut through it. If you have a unique perspective, you’re going to take vampires or anything that everybody thinks they know and do it in a way that’s really exciting and gets people really pumped up about it. Th...
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5 Ways To Win a Screenwriting Contest
Maybe you’ve started or finished writing a feature screenplay or television pilot. Perhaps you’re still at the brainstorming stage. No matter what stage of the writing process you’re at, you might plan to enter your script into a screenwriting contes...
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Why You Should Enter a Screenwriting Contest
Maybe you’ve started writing a feature film screenplay or TV pilot, but you don’t have an end goal yet? Or you’ve finished your script, but you don’t know what to do with it? Most likely you want a screenwriting career, but other than writing a scrip...
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Do You Have to Live in LA to be a Screenwriter?
This is a question that’s commonly asked by many aspiring screenwriters: do you have to live in LA to be a screenwriter? Speaking from my own personal experience, I know you don’t need to live in LA to land your first screenwriting job or sell your f...
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How long does it take to write a screenplay?
An aspiring screenwriter might wonder: how long does it take to write a screenplay?
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Inspiring an Emotional Response Through Your Screenplay
It’s important to inspire an emotional response from people reading your screenplay for several reasons.
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The Differences Between an Agent and a Manager
One of the most baffling questions for aspiring or newcomer screenwriters is the following: What are the differences between an agent and a manager?
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Composing an Email Query That Gets Your Script Read
An email query is essentially what used to be referred to as “a query letter.”
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What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
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